Jesuit chaplain at Oxford steps down amid sex abuse, cover-up allegations
Fr. Damian Howard, SJ, left last year amid allegations of 'professional misconduct,' but the alleged victim claims the priest sexually abused him.
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Articles tagged Clergy Sex Abuse
Archdiocese of New York plans layoffs, property sale to fund $300 million sexual abuse settlement
Victims' abuse advocates have claimed that billions in funds from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Fund could be used to compensate over 1,300 alleged victims.
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Pope Leo appoints bishop linked to McCarrick, Fr. James Martin to New Orleans archdiocese
Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen, New Jersey, who was named coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, will succeed retiring Archbishop Gregory Aymond.
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Archbishop reluctantly withdraws appointment of priest previously convicted of raping 16-year-old
French Archbishop Guy de Kerimel actually asked the disgraced priest for forgiveness after withdrawing his selection as chancellor.
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Former seminarian supports RICO investigation of US bishops on behalf of abuse victims
Wieslaw J. Walawender has written a letter to Vice President JD Vance stating that the Catholic Church’s work with immigrants is problematic and needs to be discontinued and investigated for previous criminal activity.
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Tuesday rally in DC to call for RICO investigation into USCCB, advocate for sex abuse victims
On Tuesday, March 11, at 12:00pm, a rally outside the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., will call for a RICO investigation into the USCCB and expose Cardinal Robert McElroy for covering up clergy sexual abuse.
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DC archdiocese slammed on social media over Cardinal McElroy appointment: ‘Unmitigated disaster’
Catholic author and commentator Leila Miller wrote that Cardinal Robert McElroy 'covered for and protected not only a monster named McCarrick but also a satanic ritual abuser, a satanic priest. Untold levels of spiritual abuse.'
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Buffalo diocese to close, merge nearly 80 parishes amid bankruptcy due to past abuse cases
The diocese will go from 160 parishes and 36 secondary worship sites to 79 parishes and 39 secondary worship sites in a move that Bishop Michael Fisher blamed on a lack of attendance and vocations, the growth of secularism and past priestly sexual abuse.
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Pope Francis rewards disciplinarian who announced Viganò’s excommunication with title of archbishop
Msgr. John Kennedy, who oversaw sex abuse cases for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, has ‘received his reward for the dirty work he has done,’ according to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.
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Catholic group proposes legislation to keep dioceses financially accountable for clergy sex abuse of minors
Dioceses can shirk financial penalties by filing bankruptcy after sex abuse lawsuits. Roman Catholic Faithful's Project Rape Accountability would instead force financial accountability in such cases.
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